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71- Posthomerica Part I: Allies, Allies Everywhere!
Season 2 Episode 22
Quintus Smyrnaeus may have been the least favourite child according to Autocrat lore, but he did give us a new source called the Posthomerica- a.k.a. the Fall of Troy- which takes us all the way to t…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
70- Iliad Part XII: Let Me Bury My Son (feat. the Ghost of Patroclus)
Season 2 Episode 21
It's finally the end of the Iliad! But before we wrap up, we still have time for a few questions. For instance, are all Achilles' funeral games either problematic or rigged? Will Cassie pointing out …
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
69- Iliad Part XI: R.I.P. Hector
Season 2 Episode 20
It's been a long time in the making, but we finally get the fight between Achilles and Hector. Tune in for Priam and Hecabe trying to make their son see reason, a surprise cameo from Eddie Redmayne a…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
68- Iliad Part X: Achilles Goes Completely Manic
Season 2 Episode 19
A shorter episode today discussing book XXI of the Iliad! Achilles goes round murdering people like there's no tomorrow, and one of the rivers he keeps flinging people into objects to this. Not only …
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
67- Iliad Part IX: Achilles Kills Everything
Season 2 Episode 18
Patroclus is dead and Achilles is feeling seriously unhappy about it. And the Trojan army is going to know about it. But along the way, join us to give a sulking Odysseus a video game controller as a…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
Bonus XII- Orpheus and Eurydice (April Fools' Day Special)
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Sources for this episode:
Apollonius of Rhodes (1972), The Voyage of Argo. Translated by E. V. Rieu. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books Ltd.The Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica (2018), Linus (on…Published on 7 months ago
Bonus XI- Roman Influence on the USA (feat. Presidencies of the United States)
The United States of America may only have been founded in the 18th century, but the influences on it stretch all the way back to the days of the Roman Empire and, before that, the Roman Republic. We…
Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago
66- Iliad Part VIII: Achilles Loses It
Season 2 Episode 17
We've had Hector going ballistic on the opposing side- well, now it's Achilles' turn. He's not quite in the war itself yet, but we see him terrify the Trojans with just his appearance and Thetis gett…
Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago
65- Iliad Part VII: R.I.P. Patroclus
Season 2 Episode 16
You guessed it from the title- today is going to be a great day for Patroclus where nothing bad happens. He does get to do a grim version of fishing and wreak havoc among the Trojan lines before the …
Published on 8 months ago
64- Iliad Part VI: Divine Booty Call
Season 2 Episode 15
A lot of spears getting thrown and a lot of fighting in this instalment of the Iliad. Not only that, but Zeus is preventing the other gods from taking action in the battle. But don't worry, Hera has …
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago